What do you think about a forum?

[Brett I.Holcomb]

To  be honest - I don't think much of it.  Forums are slow, a pain in the 
neck to follow threading and navigate in.  If enough people really want a 
forum make it in addition to.  In all the lists I have a choice I use the 
mailing list rather than the forum.

On Sunday 05 October 2003 07:36, you wrote:
> Hey all. I was wondering if maybe it's possible to have a forum rather than
> (or in edition to) the mailing list. As someone with a web-based e-mail
> account, limited with size and not too easy to manage when it comes to high
> trafic, I think a forum is a lot easier to use and by far more convenient
> than a mailing list. A forum is a much more organized way of asking and
> receiving support if you ask me, and also forums can contain archives, so
> that the same question doesn't have to be asked over and over again. Also
> in a forum you can pretty much combine all the mailing lists of XFce, by
> putting up several catagories. I think it's a much more convenient way of
> exchanging information. Also, Invision Powerboard is a free php-based forum
> which is very easy to configure and maintain.
>
> What do you think?
>
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